ABC/Troy Harvey(NEW YORK) — Calling the new show “a rich, inventive and fun thrill ride,” ABC television head Karey Burke recently announced that the network’s freshman series Stumptown was being picked up for a full season. The show, named after one of Portland’s nicknames, was based on a graphic novel series of the same same, and …
James Dean will be resurrected digitally for Vietnam War film ‘Finding Jack’
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — James Dean was killed in a car accident in 1955, but thanks to digital magic, he will be seen in a theater near you next year. Dean will be brought back to life via computer-generated wizardry, with the eternally 24-year-old star playing the “secondary lead role” of Rogan …
New Footage from Disney+ series ‘The Mandalorian’ introduces Nick Nolte and Ming-Na Wen’s characters
Photo by Image Group LA/ABC via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — “Your name will be legendary,” says Ming-Na Wen’s deadly Fennic Shand, in a new clip from the upcoming Disney+ series The Mandalorian, set in the Star Wars universe. The exclusive clip appears on Vanity Fair‘s website, and the Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star tells the …
‘Frozen 2’ melting Fandango presales numbers
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — Disney’s Frozen 2 recorded the biggest first-day presales for an animated film in Fandango’s 19-year history, topping the presales for Toy Story 4 earlier this year, according to Deadline. Tracking has the anticipated sequel opening with $100 million, though some box office predictions put that number as high as $125 million. Frozen …
One benefit of playing a shape-shifting Terminator? More sleep, says ‘Dark Fate’ villain Gabriel Luna
Photo credit: Kerry Brown © 2018 SKYDANCE PRODUCTIONS AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES(NEW YORK) — For Terminator: Dark Fate heroine Mackenzie Davis, the long shooting days started early — really early, her big-screen nemesis Gabriel Luna tells ABC Audio. “The only person really up at 3:30, 4 in the morning, training was MacKenzie,” he says with admiration. …
‘The Batman’ may have found its Penguin in Colin Farrell
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — A month after Jonah Hill passed on playing the Penguin in the upcoming Robert Pattinson-led The Batman, another Hollywood powerhouse has thrown his hat into the ring. Colin Farrell. People reports that the Irish actor is currently in talks to don the mantle as one of Batman’s greatest antagonists. Should Farrell accept, he’ll join an already …
‘Little Women’ star Emma Watson talks her “self-partnered” status
Wilson Webb/©2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LONDON) — Emma Watson recently sat down with British Vogue for an honest conversation that included why she describes herself as ‘self-partnered.’ “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,’” the 29-year-old actress tells the magazine. “I was like, ‘This is totally spiel.’ It took me a long time, …
Former ‘Mythbusters’ star and racer Jessi Combs’ cause of death revealed
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Oregon police have revealed the cause of the crash that killed Jessi Combs over a month ago. Combs, a racer, car builder, and former part-time on-camera member of the Mythbusters team, died in an attempt to break her own land speed record in a jet car. “Based on the evidence collected and …
Ron Perlman splits from wife of 38 years
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After 38 years of marriage, Ron Perlman and wife Opal Stone Perlman are calling it quits. However, it appears the two quietly ended things last May. People reports that the Sons of Anarchy star was the one who filed to dissolve their marriage, six months after he was caught kissing StartUP co-star Allison Dunbar. The divorce filings cite irreconcilable differences. However, …
5 best moments from ‘The Little Mermaid Live!’ that have us singing
ABC/Eric McCandless(NEW YORK) — Disney fans were transported “under the sea” Tuesday night in The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live! The highly anticipated event celebrated the 30th anniversary of the beloved film and included a star-studded cast with Queen Latifah as Ursula, Auli’i Cravalho as Ariel and Graham Philips as Prince Eric. To make the show even more special, …